Richard Gere

Mindfulness is a quality that's always there. It's an illusion that there's a meditation and post-meditation period, which I always find amusing, because you're either mindful or you're not.

When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world.

The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.